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The early history of the crossbow
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08-03-2008, 06:44 PM
In Roman times the machine known as an arcuballista was probably similar to the crossbow.[/quote]


Just a thought...

Could the term "arcu" in arcuballista just refer to the "arcus ferreus" (as named by the Anonymus de rebus bellicis)?

In that case the arcuballista would be a variant of an iron framed ballista and the byzantine name toxobolistra would be just the direct translation of the latin word...

IIRC this has been mentioned by IP Stephenson (very often I don't agree with him, but here he could be right...).

But maybe we will never know...
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Re: The early history of the crossbow - by g_b - 08-03-2008, 06:44 PM
Re: The early history of the crossbow - by g_b - 08-04-2008, 06:49 PM
The early history of the crossbow - by Thomas V. - 07-23-2013, 09:36 PM
The early history of the crossbow - by petermac - 07-24-2013, 12:19 AM
The early history of the crossbow - by Thomas V. - 07-24-2013, 12:41 AM
The early history of the crossbow - by Thomas V. - 07-24-2013, 02:00 PM
The early history of the crossbow - by Robert - 07-24-2013, 03:31 PM
The early history of the crossbow - by Robert - 07-24-2013, 05:14 PM
The early history of the crossbow - by Robert - 07-24-2013, 07:30 PM
The early history of the crossbow - by Thomas V. - 07-25-2013, 02:40 AM
The early history of the crossbow - by Robert - 07-25-2013, 08:20 AM
The early history of the crossbow - by Robert - 07-25-2013, 11:12 AM
The early history of the crossbow - by Thomas V. - 07-25-2013, 01:04 PM
The early history of the crossbow - by Ildar - 07-25-2013, 03:36 PM
The early history of the crossbow - by Robert - 07-25-2013, 04:09 PM
The early history of the crossbow - by Thomas V. - 07-25-2013, 05:47 PM
The early history of the crossbow - by Robert - 07-25-2013, 07:22 PM
The early history of the crossbow - by Thomas V. - 07-25-2013, 07:51 PM
The early history of the crossbow - by Thomas V. - 07-25-2013, 08:09 PM
The early history of the crossbow - by Robert - 07-25-2013, 08:20 PM
The early history of the crossbow - by Ildar - 07-26-2013, 07:52 PM
The early history of the crossbow - by Robert - 07-26-2013, 08:38 PM
The early history of the crossbow - by Thomas V. - 07-26-2013, 09:29 PM
The early history of the crossbow - by Thomas V. - 07-27-2013, 02:29 AM
The early history of the crossbow - by Thomas V. - 07-27-2013, 02:52 AM
The early history of the crossbow - by Thomas V. - 07-27-2013, 04:13 AM
The early history of the crossbow - by Thomas V. - 07-27-2013, 04:33 AM
The early history of the crossbow - by Thomas V. - 07-27-2013, 04:38 AM
The early history of the crossbow - by Thomas V. - 07-27-2013, 04:49 AM
The early history of the crossbow - by Robert - 07-27-2013, 04:51 PM
The early history of the crossbow - by Thomas V. - 07-27-2013, 10:44 PM

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